Shariat arrived from Iran via Turkey. During a routine baggage inspection, officers found a box with a rice cooker next to a bag of fresh garlic.

The rice cooker initially appeared empty. However, when officers turned it upside down, aluminum foil was visible through the spaces underneath. After dismantling the cooker, officers found 3 pounds of black opium coated with cinnamon and wrapped in cellophane.

Inside the same gray hard-sided suitcase, officers also found a glass jar with a dark jelly-like substance and 2.3 pounds of opium concealed inside, officials said.